RESULTS

1978 Official Race Results : Delaware 500

Delaware 500 | September 17, 1978 | Race 24 of 30

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS	WINNINGS

1	2	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Norris Industries	185/10	500	Running	14,600
2	8	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	175/5	500	Running	12,700
3	6	27	Buddy Baker	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	170/5	499	Running	7,250
4	5	21	David Pearson	Mercury	Purolator	160/0	498	Running	4,000
5	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	160/5	497	Running	6,700
6	14	90	Dick Brooks	Ford	Truxmore	150/0	496	Running	4,300
7	12	54	Lennie Pond	Oldsmobile	W.i.n.	146/0	493	Running	5,300
8	10	2	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Osterlund	142/0	493	Running	3,130
9	13	1	Donnie Allison	Oldsmobile	Grog Pond	138/0	489	Running	1,800
10	15	92	Dick May	Chevrolet	Duck Industries	134/0	485	Running	3,220
11	16	25	Ronnie Thomas *	Chevrolet	Autowize	130/0	483	Running	3,560
12	3	3	Richard Childress	Oldsmobile	CRC	127/0	482	Running	3,340
13	18	48	Al Holbert	Chevrolet	Southland Industries	124/0	472	Steering	2,655
14	27	24	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	Transmissions Unlimited	121/0	468	Running	2,470
15	29	8	Ed Negre	Dodge	Jones	118/0	467	Running	2,285
16	26	01	Earle Canavan	Dodge	Canavan Racing	PE	460	Running	1,200
17	20	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	112/0	458	Running	1,975
18	22	17	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	Hamby / Ellis Automotive	109/0	457	Running	1,050
19	31	34	Nestor Peles	Chevrolet	Peles Racing	106/0	439	Running	1,000
20	21	4	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	Native Tan	103/0	438	Burned Piston	900
21	32	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Spencer's Auto Service	100/0	438	Running	1,440
22	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Chevrolet	Lafayette Radio	97/0	432	Running	1,405
23	30	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	Price Racing	94/0	420	Running	1,345
24	36	09	Nelson Oswald	Chevrolet	J&S Truck Service	91/0	335	Burned Piston	700
25	19	30	Tighe Scott	Chevrolet	Russ Togs	88/0	320	Cracked Oil Pan	1,275
26	9	72	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	85/0	311	Broken Timing Chain	4,350
27	11	43	Richard Petty	Chevrolet	STP	82/0	269	Ignition	4,525
28	25	29	Dave Dion	Ford	Green Mountain	79/0	238	Broken Valve	600
29	4	5	Neil Bonnett	Oldsmobile	Armor All	76/0	220	Accident	3,775
30	28	97	Ralph Jones	Ford	Jones	73/0	186	Engine Failure	550
31	33	19	Joey Arrington	Dodge	Rossmeyer	70/0	143	Broken Rear End Housing	1,040
32	24	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Means Racing	67/0	140	Broken Valve	1,030
33	1	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	69/5	80	Burned Piston	1,520
34	17	18	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive	PE	10	Quit	510
35	37	35	Louis Gatto	Chevrolet	L&J Automotive	58/0	5	Running Too Slow	500
36	34	61	Ferrel Harris	Chrysler	Jones	PE	3	Quit	490
37	35	81	Jabe Thomas	Chevrolet	Louise Smith	52/0	1	Quit	480